SC directs DDA to refund `450cr deposited by pvt builder

The Apex Court said it was the failure of DDA to provide a clear passage which frustrated implementation of the proposed project on a public-private partnership for the development of an area of 14.3 hectares of land near the Ridge area of South Delhi for construction of 750 premium residential flats in a self-contained community to be sold by the private real estate developer on free sale basis.

Under the project advertised in 2006, the builder also had to construct 3500 resettlement houses for the economically weaker sections of society which were to be handed over to DDA for allotment. A Bench of Madan B Lokur and N V Ramana refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court verdict which had said if the builder was unable to get permission for the project from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), then it was entitled to refund of the amount deposited by it.